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Ed Schenck
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Brian
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Unless you have a 27 built different from any other 27 that I have seen of that era, it has a fixed keel. Lift up the floor boards in the the salon and you can inspect the keel bolts that come up through the floor of the bilge.
Unless you have a 27 built different from any other 27 that I have seen of that era, it has a fixed keel. Lift up the floor boards in the the salon and you can inspect the keel bolts that come up through the floor of the bilge.
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Don
My reason for asking
My reason for asking. I'm looking at a 1982 Hunter 27. I was told by a friend to make sure it had an outside ballast. I have another question. I only took a very quick look at this boat, and I am planning a survey. When I was in the boat, I pulled up the floor and the bilge was full of solid ice. Should I be concerned about this? Could this cause major damage? Thanks, Don
My reason for asking. I'm looking at a 1982 Hunter 27. I was told by a friend to make sure it had an outside ballast. I have another question. I only took a very quick look at this boat, and I am planning a survey. When I was in the boat, I pulled up the floor and the bilge was full of solid ice. Should I be concerned about this? Could this cause major damage? Thanks, Don
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Ed Schenck
Bilge ice.
Depends upon what is under/inside the ice. For sure the bilge pump and float switch are in there. You will need to check those for operation once the ice is removed. Even if they work I would replace them. Put the old one in a locker for backup. Unless there is room for two then install the second one and mount the float switch a little higher, built in backup. Then there are the thru-hulls and valves for the engine and head. They are probably OK but the hoses could be compromised if the boat was not winterized. A good survey will cover all of this. Structurally I would not worry about ice in the bilge.
Depends upon what is under/inside the ice. For sure the bilge pump and float switch are in there. You will need to check those for operation once the ice is removed. Even if they work I would replace them. Put the old one in a locker for backup. Unless there is room for two then install the second one and mount the float switch a little higher, built in backup. Then there are the thru-hulls and valves for the engine and head. They are probably OK but the hoses could be compromised if the boat was not winterized. A good survey will cover all of this. Structurally I would not worry about ice in the bilge.
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Tim McCarty
My former boat was an '82 h27
I had a deep keel on my boat, and, a shallow bilge. In the 7 years that I had the boat, I never had a dry bilge, but, it was never a problem. It would get about 3-4 gallons of water and stop. I isolated the problem to rain/snow.
I had a deep keel on my boat, and, a shallow bilge. In the 7 years that I had the boat, I never had a dry bilge, but, it was never a problem. It would get about 3-4 gallons of water and stop. I isolated the problem to rain/snow.
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David Foster
Pump the only bilge equipment in our h27
In fact, since we only have a manual pump, it's only the pump intake. On second thought, the depth transponder on Lady Lillie is a couple of feet off the centerline under the liner on the port side. Other than one iccident when our cockpit drain hose came lose, and poured water into the bilge, the water there has never been high enough to cover the transponder. And ours is a large, robust piece of equipment, so I bet it would survive anyway. Our speedo is well forward on our boat, but the locations vary, so it could be down there somewhere, too. David LAdy Lillie
In fact, since we only have a manual pump, it's only the pump intake. On second thought, the depth transponder on Lady Lillie is a couple of feet off the centerline under the liner on the port side. Other than one iccident when our cockpit drain hose came lose, and poured water into the bilge, the water there has never been high enough to cover the transponder. And ours is a large, robust piece of equipment, so I bet it would survive anyway. Our speedo is well forward on our boat, but the locations vary, so it could be down there somewhere, too. David LAdy Lillie
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